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After a progression-free survival…

October 29th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

After a progression-free survival win last year raised hopes for the combo's potential in hepatocellular carcinoma, an overall survival miss brings the study to a close.

Emma Walmsley and her GSK CEO…

October 29th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Emma Walmsley and her GSK CEO successor, Luke Miels, are safeguarding the British pharma’s 40 billion-pound-sterling sales projection for 2031 on the back of a strong quarter.

In a bid to ensure that the widest…

October 29th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

In a bid to ensure that the widest swath of people with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) can benefit from its blockbuster medicine, argenx is heading to the FDA with positive data in a subset of

Eli Lilly has revealed a plan to…

October 29th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Eli Lilly has revealed a plan to spend $1.2 billion to upgrade its plant in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The investment will add 100 manufacturing jobs and bolster the company’s capacity to produce oral drugs, including

Merck on Wednesday touted trial…

October 28th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Merck on Wednesday touted trial wins for a pair of Welireg combos. But the combination win with Merck's own Keytruda represented more of a definite victory, according to one group of analysts.

After weighing other options amid…

October 28th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

After weighing other options amid a continued sales struggle, the company will look to take the only approved hemophilia A gene therapy off its plate two years after its launch.

The FDA has issued another…

October 28th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The FDA has issued another complete response letter to Regeneron over its high-dose Eylea due to unresolved issues at a Novo Nordisk manufacturing plant. The company, however, is making progress in lining up alternate manufacturing

Novartis has started to feel the…

October 28th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Novartis has started to feel the squeeze from generics to its top-selling drug, heart therapy Entresto. But despite its two biggest brands underperforming, the company still delivered 7% groupwide sales growth.

Adopting an RTU vial setup for…

October 28th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Adopting an RTU vial setup for aseptic filling process can help optimize operational efficiency, reduce TCO, and comply with regulatory requirements

Pitted against the…

October 28th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Pitted against the immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil, Roche’s CD20-targeting antibody Gazyva helped more kids and young adults with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome achieve sustained remission after one year, according to a topline readout from the Swiss drugmaker’s

Citing insurance claims data,…

October 28th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Citing insurance claims data, CSL’s leaders said they expect this season's flu vaccination rates in the U.S. to decline by 12% overall and by 14% for people ages 65 and older compared with last year.

The FDA slammed generics maker…

October 28th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

The FDA slammed generics maker Hetero with a Form 483 after an inspection of one of its warehouses in India uncovered flying birds, skittering lizards and roaming cats, among a host of other infractions.

CDMO Catalent has unveiled a new…

October 27th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

CDMO Catalent has unveiled a new corporate brand, which keeps the company’s moniker the same while trading in the simple blue-against-white lettering of its previous logo with a pair of intersecting, speech bubble-like boxes bearing

Cigna’s Evernorth division is…

October 27th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Cigna's Evernorth division is rolling out a rebate-free model for its pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts—meaning one of the industry's "Big Three" is moving away from the oft-criticized approach.

Innovent’s Eli Lilly-partnered…

October 27th, 2025|Fierce Pharma|

Innovent's Eli Lilly-partnered mazdutide, a GLP-1/glucagon (GCG) dual receptor agonist, displayed broader effects on patients' blood glucose levels and weight loss than Novo's leading GLP-1 semaglutide in a head-to-head trial.